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Are My Pigs Eating?Typically, up to half piglets consume no creep feed before weaning and about one in five does not eat any starter feed within 48 hours post-weaning, according to R. Gauvreau and D. Beaulieu of the Prairie Swine Centre in its Annual Research Report 2013-14....

Nitrous Oxide for Piglet EuthanasiaA study at the University of Melbourne in Australia has demonstrated that 90 per cent nitrous oxide in air can effectively euthanise piglets....

Rodent Control on FarmsAt the 2014 Pig Farmers' Conference in Ireland, Michael McKeon of Teagasc shared his knowledge of rodent behaviour to achieve effective rodent control....

Lactation Failure in the SowLactation failure or postpartum dysgalactia syndrome involves one or more of the following symptoms: mastitis, metritis and agalactia, infections of the udder and uterus and reduced milk production, respectively. Agnès Waret-Szkuta and Guy-Pierre Martineau...

Lessons on Group Sow HousingDelegates at the 2015 Banff Pork Symposium heard that the topic of housing sows in groups has shifted from a controversial area of discussion to a clear way of the future, particularly with a new Pig Code of Practice set for implementation....

Welfare of Pigs During TransportTo maintain an adequate level of animal welfare during the marketing process requires having a fit pig that is carefully managed and handled, according to Dr Temple Grandin of Colorado State University. She explains how to achieve this in a factsheet...

Composting Dead PigsAmy Quinn and Ciaran Carroll of Teagasc explored the options for composting and presented their findings at the 2014 Pig Farmers Conference....

Clinical Signs of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea in Ukraine in 2014Dr John Carr, pig veterinarian, describes the clinical signs of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED) in Ukraine in 2014 associated with a Chinese/US PED virus. Around 30,000 piglets were lost in the outbreak and performance took almost five months to return...

Methods for Inactivating PEDV in Hog TrailersA summary of four studies conducted between September 2013 and July 2014 to evaluate the efficacy of different aspects of commonly used trailer sanitation protocols for inactivating porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus (PEDV)....